Hi ,
Someone should post a video of them doing a 0-60 witht he rdx in Sport mode and using the paddle shifters??

 

its on youtube

 

Don't bother with the paddle shifters. You'll be quicker leaving it in sport mode and standing on the go pedal.

 

Hand-filer how do I know that is true , haha do you have proof?

 

I only use paddle shifters when needed (IE going up a hill and I want a lower gear) or starting out in 2nd gear (slippery roads)

Using the paddles or letting the auto shift on it's own = no difference in time 0-60.

 

because its not a DCT. and its not a Manual transmission.

You will always have lag between when you actually tap the shifter and thus its slower.

 

According to Motor Trend, auto trans now are faster than some manual trans because of the time between manual shifts?

 

Post #6 + this:
By the time your brain decides it's time to shift and sends the signal to your finger tips to pull on the paddle shifter followed by the lag time associated with paddle shift automatics, the guy next to you in the identical vehicle but in sport mode will be 1/2 a car length ahead of you.

 

supposedly the new TLX has a DCT coupled to a 4 banger.
hopefully the paddles on the newly designed honda DCT reacts quicker than these archaic trannies.

 

Depends on the car/transmission etc. This also assumes the manual shift driver is an expert shifter, which many people are not. Many times those 0-60 tests are done with extreme abuse like dumping the clutch on a manual transmission car at 4k rpm.

My case, my 2005 GTO, the 4spd automatic transmission is 1/10th of a second faster 0-60 and 1/4 mile than the 6spd manual. Part of that is because the 1st gear in the automatic has a better ratio than 1st gear in the 6spd manual.
Stock GTO automatic is 4.6 seconds, stock GTO manual shift is 4.7 seconds.

 

The paddle shifts in the RDX are terrible (LAG). Very bad lag, esp when you want to downshift. The worst lag I have seen since trying to manually shift a Domestic automatic transmission of the 1980's or 1990's. yes, it's that slow the response.
My Infiniti has far faster response when manually shifting the auto.

 

Yes, but the Acura is one of the worst lags out there. My infiniti is night and day, almost no lag, compared to the Acura. Even the Audi I drove, far better.

 

^ I don't think it's slow at all.....and it shifts just fine for what it is.... I have noticed that the 6spd sifts differently at WOT vs lower throttle settings. WOT that thing shifts much quicker compared to partial throttle shifting where the shifts are slower and butter smooth (rev matching?) I would not exactly call the paddles Sport Shift but alas that is Acura's marketing term from when they first started using the system.

 

Its had been confirmed 8 speed dct on the 4 cylinder

 

Depends what you are used to. But after driving infinitis, audi, bmw's. The Acura RDX paddle shifters have by far the worst lag/delay. When you are in sport mode and 1st gear, the RDx up shifts into 2nd gear way too early. What is the pint of manual mode in 1st gear? Lol. No e of the other brands i mentioned do that.

 

RLX = No Lag.

 

Though the "S" implies sport, it's actually called "sequential shift".

 

^ that is what Acura calls it. Straight from their website for the 2015 RDX

http://www.acura.com/DriveTrain.aspx...modelYear=2015

6-speed automatic transmission with Sequential SportShift paddle shifters and Grade Logic Control

Blame the Feds and their silly EPA regulations for gas mileage... you really got to lay into the throttle for it to shift at a higher point and I agree, it sux...